About
Matt Donahoe is the reason a drone built on robotics-lab autonomy research shipped as something an ordinary person could point at themselves and fly. He is the design-and-experience third of Skydio's founding trio, the counterweight to two robotics doctorates: he met Adam Bry and Abraham Bachrach at the MIT Media Lab, where his work sat on the human side of technology rather than the control-theory side, and joined them in 2014 to turn their research into a product. Before Skydio he was the founding engineer of Episode Interactive, Pocket Gems' story-driven mobile game franchise — consumer product at scale rather than aerospace. That pairing produced drones reviewers described as flying themselves, and a company valued at $4.4 billion in 2026.
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- Met Bry and Bachrach at the MIT Media Lab, where his work sat on the human side of technology rather than the control-theory side. Was the founding engineer of Episode Interactive, Pocket Gems' story-driven mobile game franchise, before Skydio.
From Matt's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Co-founder at Skydio
Intro paths
In turn, Matt can intro founders to Skydio's investors below.
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Co-founders at Skydio
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Matt Donahoe?
- Matt Donahoe is the reason a drone built on robotics-lab autonomy research shipped as something an ordinary person could point at themselves and fly. He is the design-and-experience third of Skydio's founding trio, the counterweight to two robotics doctorates: he met Adam Bry and Abraham Bachrach at the MIT Media Lab, where his work sat on the human side of technology rather than the control-theory side, and joined them in 2014 to turn their research into a product. Before Skydio he was the founding engineer of Episode Interactive, Pocket Gems' story-driven mobile game franchise — consumer product at scale rather than aerospace. That pairing produced drones reviewers described as flying themselves, and a company valued at $4.4 billion in 2026.
- Where does Matt Donahoe work?
- Matt Donahoe is Co-founder at Skydio.
- What companies did Matt Donahoe found?
- Matt Donahoe founded Skydio.
Paths to reach Matt
People who overlapped with Matt at the same organization — a shared school or employer with one of them is a warm way in.
